# upload
## English
### Etymology

From up- +‎ load.

### Pronunciation

* (verb)
** (UK) IPA: /əpˈləʊd/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (US) IPA: /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, /əpˈloʊd/
* (noun)
** (UK) IPA: /ˈʌpˌləʊd/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (US) IPA: /ˈʌpˌloʊd/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

upload (third-person singular simple present uploads, present participle uploading, simple past and past participle uploaded)
* (transitive, intransitive, computing) To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
    Antonym: download
    You will have to convert your photograph to a jpg format if you wish to upload it.
* (Canada) To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a higher level of government.
** 2022, Dakota Brasier, “Mayor John Tory's pitch to have province take over Toronto highways shot down”, in CBC:Our government will not be uploading the DVP or Gardiner Expressway and will not be imposing any new tolls on any roads in Ontario.

#### Derived terms

* reupload
* uploadability
* uploadable
* uploader
* UL, ul, u/l, U/L (abbreviation)

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 上載 / 上载 (calque)
* → Danish: uploade
* → Dutch: uploaden
* → German: uploaden; hochladen (calque)
* → Greek: αναφορτώνω (anafortóno) (calque)
* → Icelandic: hlaða upp (calque)
* → Indonesian: aplod
* → Irish: uaslódáil, lódáil suas (calque)
* → Japanese: アップロード (appurōdo)
* → Malay: muat naik (calque)
* → Portuguese: upload
* → Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nìos (calque)
* → Swedish: ladda upp (calque)
* → Welsh: llwytho i fyny (calque)

#### Translations
### Noun

upload (plural uploads)
* Such a file transfer.

#### Antonyms

* download

#### Derived terms

* UL, ul, u/l, U/L (abbreviation)
* reupload

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ CBC News (2023 September 1 (last accessed)) “Dakota Brasier”, in CBC‎, CBC, archived from the original on 2023-09-02
* ↑ Josh Pringle (2021 November 27) “Property taxes shouldn't pay for provincial highways': Ottawa mayor supports calls to upload Hwy. 174 to the province”, in CTV News‎, CTV News, archived from the original on 01 September 2023
* ↑ CBC News (2023 September 1 (last accessed)) “Dakota Brasier”, in CBC‎, CBC, archived from the original on 2023-09-02

### Anagrams

* load up

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English upload.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ap$^1$ lou$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ap$^1$ lou$^1$
*** Yale: āp lōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ap$^7$ lou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eb$^1$ lou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐp̚⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/

### Verb

upload
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to upload

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 上載, 上傳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 上傳 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 上載, upload, up |

### See also

* download (daan1 lou1), down (daan1)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʏp.loːt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: up‧load

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English upload.

#### Noun

upload m (plural uploads, diminutive uploadje n)
* upload (file transfer)

##### Related terms

* uploaden

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

upload
* inflection of uploaden:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English upload.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌupiˈlowd͡ʒ(i)/

### Noun

upload m (plural uploads)
* upload (file transfer to central storage)
    Synonym: carregamento